(a) For purposes of this section, “licensee” means any person licensed pursuant to section 19a-80 or 19a-87b, and “day care center” means a child care center, a group child care home or a family child care home, as those terms are defined in section 19a-77.

(b) Each licensee shall provide written contact information for the licensee's day care center, including the name, address and telephone number of the day care center, to the Office of Early Childhood. Each licensee shall verify and update, as appropriate, such contact information.

(c) The Office of Early Childhood shall share, in accordance with a memorandum of understanding or other agreement, any information collected pursuant to subsection (b) of this section with the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for use in an emergency notification system, as defined in section 28-25, that notifies licensees of an emergency situation in the vicinity of a day care center that may endanger the safety or welfare of the children at such day care center. Such emergency situation may include, but need not be limited to, a fire, a criminal act, an emergency or an act of nature such as an earthquake, a tornado, a hurricane or a storm.

(P.A. 15-161, S. 1; 15-227, S. 25; P.A. 18-172, S. 6.)

History: Pursuant to P.A. 15-227, “child day care center”, “group day care home” and “family day care home” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “child care center”, “group child care home” and “family child care home”, respectively, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 18-172 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “local police department and state police troop having jurisdiction where such day care center is located” with “Office of Early Childhood”, and amended Subsec. (c) by replacing provision re local police department or state police troop to notify licensees of emergency conditions with provision re Office of Early Childhood to share information with Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for use in emergency notification system that notifies licensees of emergency situations, effective July 1, 2018.